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Chart
3.1. Composition of Population in Low- and High-income Economies, 2000

1.

Study
the information in Chart 3.1 for low- and high-income
economies in 2000. Then, answer the following questions about the
population trends shown.

a.

In
low-income countries, which age range(s) contained the largest percentage
of the population? the lowest?

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b.

In
high-income countries, which age range(s) contained the largest
percentage of the population? the lowest?

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c.

In
a brief statement, compare the age composition of the populations
for low- and high-income countries for 2000.

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d.

Considering
your answer to question 1c, what type of social programs might be
important to meet the future needs of the largest age groups of
each country income group?

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2.

Study
the information in Chart 3.2 for low- and high-income
economies in 2025. Then, answer the following questions about the
population trends shown.

Chart
3.2. Composition of Population in Low- and High-income Economies,
2030

a.

In
low-income countries, which age range(s) contained the largest percentage
of the projected population? the lowest?

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b.

In
high-income countries, which age range(s) contained the largest
percentage of the projected population? the lowest?

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c.

Compare
the age composition of the populations for low- and high-income
countries shown in Chart 3.2 with those shown
in Chart 3.1.

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d.

Compare
the gender composition for low- and high-income countries shown
in Chart 3.2. with those shown in Chart
3.1.

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3.

Read
the definition of population
momentum in the glossary. Using Charts 3.1
and 3.2 as a reference, in which economic groups
and years do you think this phenomenon exists? Why?

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4.

Look
at the shapes of the charts in Charts 3.1 and
3.2. What would a stabilized population look
like? Explain.

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5.

a.
What impact might population momentum have on the care of small
children in a country where a large proportion of the childcare
duties are performed by daycare centers?
b. What about a population where elderly relatives provide childcare?
c. Who are the caretakers of small children in your country?
d. What effect might population momentum have on these arrangements?

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6.

What
impact might an aging population have on the care of elderly people
in a country where a large proportion of these people live in nursing
homes or elderly housing? How are elderly people cared for in your
country? What impact might an aging population have on this care?

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7.

Match
each of the following descriptions with the country below that illustrates
the trend described.

a.

The
death rate is high, the birth rate is high, and there are a large
number of children in the population.

b.

There
has been a sustained decline in the birth rate, but the proportion
of the elderly population has not yet become large.

c.

The
birth rate has been low for a long period, and the elderly proportion
of the population is increasing.